Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Inc grocery Oi IL d. Dlnitib ~ We
mouth, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
r. II Fletcher q prominent Mason and
Odd Fellow, died in Richmond yesterday.
Mr. V. Brooke entertane the Oldest
inhabitants of Warrenton al a lunch at the
Lion House on WednC sday,
The Secretary Of the Treasury Yesterday /
annointed Mark ] Kennedy, N Washing
ton county, gauger aud aiorekeeper.
The Governor yesterday accepted The res
donation of Jonas Kelly, as assistant super
intepdent Of he Virginia penitentiary.
Apetition looking 10 discontinnace of
Sunday railroad bn-ipsss, in the interest Ct
the operatives, is being circulated in War
renton.
Dr. William Ovens, of Savannah, aud
Miss Eleanor T. Forbes, daughter of Mr.. r.
II. Forbes, were married at Fredericksburg
on Wednesday.
Cen. ". C. Wickham, the receiver of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, has Issued
an order establishing distinct department
on that line for he handling and sale OF coal
and coke.
Geo. W. SherFard, prominent citizen and
large farmer of Morgan county, w. Va, died
in Winchester yesterday OF diabetes de
was a member of the Virginia Legislature
during the war.
The large frame tobacco factory west OF
Stockton, on the Dauviile and New River
Railroad, in Henry county, owned by the
heirs Of the late William D. Stultz,
was burned on Wednesday night by en- IN
cendiary.
Mr.. Hugh Conway Spilman. OF Baltimore
son of Mr.. John A. spilDan. of WaFrenlen'
and Miss Annie Haywood North, daughter
of Capt. James II. North, of Faiy Oaks Cul-
pepper county, were married in Warrenton
yesterday.
The three men who attempted to assass'-
nate Keeper W. T. O'Dsil at Cape Henry
lighthouse, few days ago, while the keep
er was riding through the woods, have been
arrested, and are in charge OF the sheriff oil
Priucess Anne county.
Ga Saturday night Henry Jackson, color
ed was sent to the Fairfax county jail by
JusticeD e. Porter, of Falls Church, CHARGED
with having committed an outrage last Fiji
day on colored girl named Sarah Harris,
while the latter was having fit.
The through freight for st. Louis, which
drew out from the Chesapeake and Ohio
depot in Richmond last night, consisted ola
train of eighteen cars, all loaded to their
full capacity with dry goods shipped from
Philadelphia, New York and Boston and
consigned to St. Louis
The Catholics of Richmond lat night held
mass meeting in the Cathedral hall IN eel
ebration of the Pope's jubilee, at which
speeches were made by Right Rev. Bishop
Keane and others. A resolution was adopt
ed thanking President Cleveland for the
honor which he paid Pope Leo on the occa
sion Of his golden jubilee.
Yesterday morning while Mrs. Martha
Culpeper, wife of c. E Culpeper, OF Ports
mouth, was coming down stairway with
twelve months old child in her arms, she
slipped aud fell to the bottom tho head Of
| the child striking large mirror. crushing
its skull AID killing it instantly. Mrs. Cul
pepper was also veEy badly hurt.
MIR. George S. Scott, president of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad Company,
will leave New York Oh q tour Of inspection
OF the system early next week. with view
OF introducing economies and developing the
tariff CT toe company Mr. Scott believes
that the earning capacity of the property is
! limited only by tie amount of attention.
| which lis officers and directors give to its
| affairs
A few months ago George PEBBLES, aged
So years, farmer of Prince George county,
lost his mother. and ever since then his
/ mind has been more or less impaired. Ga
Wednesday evening PEBBLES went up stairs
into room and, bracing himself against
bedstead, shot himaelf through the head
with double barrel shotgun, death being
instantaneous. He leaves q wife and sever.
al children.